"Something about the slashing and the twisting told you a lot about her character, a contradiction of the costume from the front," Clapton told HBO. "It's almost like a sting in the tail, something on edge as you see her walk away: there's something really disturbing about this woman."

The back of the gown was barely seen in the finale episode, and yet this detail was there as a way of foreshadowing Cersei's betrayal.